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The Progressive Leader presentation
~Presentation about progressive leaders and the most pressing issues of "the day"~

Choose a leader:
Eugene Debs – Socialist, Union Leader, Ran for President 5 Times
Dorothea Dix – Mental Health Advocate
Mary Church Terrell – Women’s Rights Advocate
Jane Addams – Political Reformer, advocate for immigrants and children
Louis Brandeis – Civil Rights and Labor Rights Attorney, First Jewish member of US Supreme Court
Alice Paul – Women’s Rights Advocate
Walter Rauschenbusch – Theologian, Christian Pastor – Led Social Gospel Movement
Upton Sinclair – Writer, Advocate for Urban Reform
John D. Rockefeller – Captain of Industry – Founder of Standard Oil Company
Jacob Riis – Photographer – Advocate for Immigrants Rights and Urban Reform
John Muir - Environmentalist
Ida Tarbell – Investigative Journalist – focused on breaking up corporate trusts – “trust buster”
Samuel Gompers – Labor Union Movement leader
Florence Kelley – Labor Rights and Immigrants’ Rights Advocate
Mary Lease – Leader of People’s Party – advocated for political rights of working people
Frances Harper – Women’s Rights Advocate
Cornelius Vanderbilt – Captain of Industry – Built major railroad lines and steamboat transportation


Consider these questions:
  • What were the issues your progressive leader was trying to confront?
  • Did they think that government action was necessary?
  • What obstacles did they face in enacting reform?
  • What were their key accomplishments?
  • What would your progressive leader say about issues today?
PictureHere are the passwords for home use.
Find information in reliable sources:

Access Campo's databases:
Use databases to find reliable & relevant information about your topic
. Use a KEYWORD search.

 
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This is a good one to start with:
ABC-CLIO History Database

Find your person in this ebook
GALE biography series



Find PRINT sources in our library Catalog Destiny
Make an appointment to come to the library to pick up the books!

Women in World History Encyclopedias
REF 970.2 WOM

Encyclopedia of World Biographies
REF 920 ENC

Use the public library! Contra Costa Library For books and databases you'll need your CC Library Card # or sign up for an e-card here

Citations
Use NOODLE TOOLS to help cite your sources in MLA format

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noodletools_how-to_page.pdf
File Size: 238 kb
File Type: pdf
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Presentation requirements:
Google Slides should be predominantly visual, with precisely worded bullet point phrases added for explanation and include a short source citation under each image.  Slides should include:
 
Slide #1 – Photograph of Leader, Major Accomplishments in detailed bullet points
Slide #2 – Influences on Activism – Family background, education, life experiences
Slide #3 – Explanation of Conditions Addressed – Focus on one or more of the themes we are studying in this unit – Economic Expansion, Immigration, Fight for Equality, Labor Movement Rights.  Make connections between themes and include in your explanation.  Use charts, graphs, maps, political cartoons, and photographs with precisely worded bullet points
Slide #4 – Primary Accomplishments of Leader – Use more visual documents Related Directly to Leader– Photograph, Political Cartoon, Drawing, Map or Chart
Slide #5 - Citations – Use Noodle Tools


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